"Your subordinate greets His Majesty! Long live His Majesty, ten thousand years, ten thousand years, ten thousand years!"
In the imperial court, the five legion commanders of Moon Under the Sky, Di Zang, Feng Xi, Mo Li, and Black Ant, returned from their campaigns. After three days of recuperation, they finally met Ye Yun, who had emerged from his seclusion.
Having unified the Tenth Directional Universe, Ye Yun's prestige reached its zenith within it, surpassing all imperial soldiers.
During these three days, Qin Zhan, in coordination with Song Ji and the others, completed all supporting systems within the Tenth Directional Universe. Despite some minor flaws in the details, the progress was substantial, even freeing up resources to consolidate the territory conquered by Thorn in the Ninth Directional Universe.
While Ye Yun was in seclusion for twelve days, Xia Xingchao and his team, drawing inspiration from the history of Hua Yi Nation, formulated a new official system. With Ye Yun's authorization, they began implementing it throughout the empire, with management talents graduated from Dragon Palace Academy taking up their posts with their families.
"Rise. I have noted your contributions this time. These small items shall be your rewards."
Five golden orbs of light flew from Ye Yun's hand and into the foreheads of the five commanders. Instantly, their bodies trembled, and a powerful surge of energy erupted from them, sweeping outwards.
Fortunately, Ye Yun acted swiftly, or the hundreds of officials working in the court would have been affected.
"This is..."
The five commanders were profoundly shaken. They had never imagined the existence of such heaven-defying items. Not only had their talent levels increased by one stage, but their comprehension had also significantly improved. Especially for Moon Under the Sky, whose talent was only max7 when he first met Ye Yun. Over more than three years, relying on the spirit stones accumulated by his kin on the New Mortal Continent, he had managed to increase it to max9.
He had thought reaching max10 was a distant hope, but now it had been achieved, placing him third on the talent ranking, after Ye Yun and Demon Butterfly. Wang Chen, ranked fourth, still remained at max8.
Moon Under the Sky felt his surging aura and his expression turned excited. The thirteenfold increase in national fortune had already given their 'shi li' a small boost. Now, with the enhancement from the Heavenly Dao Golden Body, their strength surged severalfold again. It was a pity that their comprehension of laws was still too limited and shallow; otherwise, their cultivation realms would have certainly advanced as well.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The five men knelt again.
"Rise. Once Mo Li and Black Ant have weathered their Heavenly Tribulation, you five shall immediately depart for the Ninth Directional Universe. I want you to capture over seventy percent of its territory within six months! Do you have the confidence?" Ye Yun sat on the imperial throne, looking at the five men below, his tone quite calm.
"Your subordinate shall surely live up to Your Majesty's expectations! If I fail, I shall present my head!"
Moon Under the Sky quickly bowed and responded.
Capturing seventy percent of the Ninth Directional Universe's territory in six months was no small feat. However, Thorn had already paved the way, having secured three hundred star domains, greatly shortening their conquest time. Moreover, with the return of the five legions, the number of soldiers had surged again, with each legion boasting an average of four hundred and twenty million soldiers, making almost every legion capable of independent operations.
Ye Yun glanced at Qin Zhan, who seemed to want to speak but hesitated, and waved his hand, signaling them to prepare.
"Old Qin, is there something?"
"Your Majesty, the cultivators from the Kunlun异度空间 have all been brought to the Sixth Heaven. I have temporarily confined them to the Tenth Camp. These past two days, their sect leaders have been clamoring to see you. What do you think..."
"Hmm? Didn't the异度空间 require more time? How has it merged already?" Ye Yun was surprised. According to the initial estimate, the dimensional barrier of the异度空间 would take a month to dissipate. How had it already appeared after only half a month?
"This... Those cultivators also noticed signs of the dimensional barrier dissipating. They believed treasures were about to be unearthed and thus exerted all their strength to attack the barrier, greatly accelerating its dissipation," Qin Zhan said with a wry smile.
"How many cultivators are inside? Have we dispatched any reconnaissance personnel into that space?" The somewhat cliché turn of events made Ye Yun unable to help but feel a mix of amusement and exasperation.
"The total number of individuals, large and small, is just over twenty-one million two hundred thirty thousand. The internal battleground area is about nine million square kilometers, with four hundred and thirty-two cities and thirty-nine sects of various sizes. Currently, no particularly suspicious elements have been found."
"All personnel within the space begin cultivating after the age of seven. Ordinary people account for ten percent. There are approximately ten million cultivators above the Nascent Soul realm, with about a thousand above the True Person realm. The highest is the Heavenly Venerate realm, held by the ancestors of the two largest sects."
Qin Zhan meticulously reported the situation of the异度空间 to Ye Yun, unable to suppress a sense of awe. Cultivators were something Hua Yi Nation had never dared to imagine before. Back then, Zhang Junbao, a mere Innate realm cultivator, was hailed as a celestial being. Now, the more than twenty million cultivators from this异度空间 were completely under his control.
Cultivators were the most orthodox cultivation system in Hua Yi Nation before the Heavenly Dao Game commenced. It was a legend that countless people in Hua Yi Nation pursued for nearly five thousand years. Unfortunately, after the Qin dynasty, all cultivation systems deviated completely from their original course.
Let alone cultivators, even Qi Refiners, the closest to cultivators, had their lineage broken, eventually becoming warriors who merely tempered their bodies.
This was precisely why Zhang Junbao had achieved such immense fame.
"I did not expect this异度空间 to merge with the Kunlun Mountain Range and become a secret realm. This is quite interesting."
"What I am more curious about is how this异度空间 could block 'Heavenly Dao', and only after the two spaces merged did the Heavenly Dao Ring appear. This is quite intriguing."
After hearing Qin Zhan's report, Ye Yun was somewhat surprised. With his spatial law now perfected, he could naturally create a secret realm, but creating one of nine million square kilometers would still be somewhat strenuous.
What surprised Ye Yun even more was that these individuals were unaware of the existence of Heavenly Dao before emerging. This made the space even more enigmatic.
Ye Yun spread his divine sense, instantly locating the group of cultivators confined by Qin Zhan in the Tenth Camp within the Sixth Heaven.
"Old Qin, when did these fellows start entering the Heavenly Dao?" Ye Yun's divine sense scanned the area, and hearing the commotion in the camp, he looked at Qin Zhan with a peculiar expression.
"Replying to Your Majesty, the dimensional barrier officially dissipated five days ago. I heard from my subordinates that when the barrier had dissipated to about a meter in size, a thunderclap inexplicably sounded in the sky. Later, when I conversed with their two ancestors, they mentioned that they had obtained the Heavenly Dao Ring at that very moment."
Qin Zhan did not understand Ye Yun's confusion and simply replied honestly.
In less than five days, nearly a thousand people had reached the qualification to enter the main city?
Entering the main city required players to reach level thirty.
A sharp glint flashed in Ye Yun's eyes.